From left, students Chris Traver of Croton Harmon High School, Daniel McQuaid of Ossining High School and Jiayi Peng of Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua were named among the Intel Science Talent Search finalists.

Intel Science Talent Search Awards Gala: Hudson Valley students

March 12, 2013 5:01 PM

From left, students Chris Traver of Croton Harmon High School, Daniel McQuaid of Ossining High School and Jiayi Peng of Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua were named among the Intel Science Talent Search finalists. (Credit: Xavier Mascarenas, handout)

The Society for Science and the Public is hosting the Intel Science Talent Search Awards gala at the National Building Museum in Washington to commend the research done by 40 finalists from high schools across the nation....

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The Society for Science and the Public is hosting the Intel Science Talent Search Awards gala at the National Building Museum in Washington to commend the research done by 40 finalists from high schools across the nation.

(Credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Jiayi Peng,17, of Horace Greeley High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

(Credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Chris Travor,18, of Croton-Harmon High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

(Credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Jiayi Peng,17, from Horace Greeley High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

Daniel McQuaid, 17, from Ossining High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

(Credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Chris Travor,18, from Croton-Harmon High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

(Credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Jiayi Peng,17, from Horace Greeley High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

Chris Traver, of Croton-on-Hudson, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Ossining High School senior Daniel McQuaid, 17, who recently submitted his entry in the Intel Science Talent Search, is photographed outside the school's science research room. McQuaid is a regional finalist in the Siemens Foundation Competition in math, science and technology. (Nov. 13, 2012)